Book description
Bees are critically important for ecosystem function and biodiversity maintenance through their pollinating activity. This book provides a collection of computational methods to those primarily interested in the study of the ecology, ethology, and ecotoxicology of bees. It presents numerous case studies to enable readers to understand the appropriateness but also the limitations of models in theoretical and applied bee research. Written by an international team of experts, this book covers the main types of modeling approaches that can be used in terrestrial ecology and applied ecotoxicology.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Automatic Systems for Capturing the Normal and Abnormal Behaviors of Honey Bees
- Chapter 2 Computational Modeling of Organization in Honey Bee Societies Based on Adaptive Role Allocation
- Chapter 3 Illustrating the Contrasting Roles of Self-Organization in Biological Systems with Two Case Histories of Collective Decision Making in the Honey Bee
- Chapter 4 Models for the Recruitment and Allocation of Honey Bee Foragers
- Chapter 5 Infectious Disease Modeling for Honey Bee Colonies
- Chapter 6 Honey Bee Ecology from an Urban Landscape Perspective: The Spatial Ecology of Feral Honey Bees
- Chapter 7 QSAR Modeling of Pesticide Toxicity to Bees
- Chapter 8 Mathematical Models for the Comprehension of Chemical Contamination into the Hive
- Chapter 9 Agent-Based Modeling of the Long-Term Effects of Pyriproxyfen on Honey Bee Population
- Chapter 10 Simulation of Solitary (Non-Apis) Bees Competing for Pollen
- Chapter 11 Estimating the Potential Range Expansion and Environmental Impact of the Invasive Bee-Hawking Hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax
- Index
Product information
- Title: In Silico Bees
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2014
- Publisher(s): CRC Press
- ISBN: 9781466517882
You might also like
book
Inside AutoCAD® 2002
This edition provides rock solid information on the latest changes and enhancements of the past two …
book
Nanostructures for Novel Therapy
Nanostructures for Novel Therapy: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications focuses on the fabrication and characterization of therapeutic …
book
Inside Photoshop® CS
Gary Bouton has made Inside Photoshop CS a perennial best-seller due to the loyalty of his …
book
Multifunctional Agriculture
In a world increasingly challenged by the need to integrate and understand highly specialized knowledge in …